Cannabis Quote 15: Episcopal Church

May 23, 2008 by Cannabis Junction · Leave a Comment
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Episcopal ChurchThe episcopal Church urges "the adoption by congress and all states of statue providing that the use of marijuana be permitted when deemed medically appropriate by duly licensed medical practitioners."
- Resolution adapted at the 1982 Convention of the Episcopal Church

Cannabis Quote 14: American Academy of HIV Medicine

May 21, 2008 by Cannabis Junction · Leave a Comment
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American Academy of HIV Medicine"When appropriately prescribed and monitored, marijuana/cannabis can provide immeasurable benefits for the health and well-being of out patients."
- American Academy of HIV Medicine, 2003

Cannabis Quote 13: Irvin Rosenfeld

May 19, 2008 by Cannabis Junction · Leave a Comment
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Irvin Rosenfeld

"Its bad enough when you have a devastating disease that you are trying to fight. And then when you find a medicine that actually works for you, you a labeled as a criminal. It's just not right."
- Irvin Rosenfeld one of the patients in the Compassionate Investigational New Drug program

Cannabis Quote 12: American Nurses Association

May 16, 2008 by Cannabis Junction · Leave a Comment
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American Nurses Association"The American Nurses Association asserts the "Marijuana/Cannabis has a wide margin of saftey for use under prescribed supervision and it is effective for numerous condition."
- Resolution adopted at the 2003 American Nurses House of Delegates

Cannabis Quote 11: Montel Williams

May 14, 2008 by Cannabis Junction · Leave a Comment
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Montel Williams"I use medical marijuana to relieve the pain of multiple sclerosis. Marijuana eases my painful muscles spasms and lets me function in the high-pressure world of TV, without the debilitating side effects of legal narcotics. I've Tried many expensive, powerful painkillers in my struggle with MS, and not one has afforded me relief -- not to mention lucidity -- like medical marijuana does. But the federal government continues to wage war on people like me."
- Talk Show host and multiple sclerosis patient Montel Williams

Cannabis Quote 10: Dean Edell, Md

May 12, 2008 by Cannabis Junction · Leave a Comment
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Dean EdellCannabinoids and THC also have a strong pain-killing powers, which is one reason medical marijuana should be readily available to people with cancer and other debilitating diseases.
- Dean Edell, M.D.,
Dr. Dean Edell Show, 2000

Cannabis Quote 8: Hugh Downs

October 20, 2007 by Cannabis Junction · Leave a Comment
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hugh-downs"In today's anti-drug climate, people don't want to hear about the commercial potential of marijuana. The reason is that the flowering top of a female hemp plant contains a drug. But from 1842 through the 1890s a powerful concentrated extract of marijuana was the second most prescribed drug in the United States. In all that time the medical literature didn't list any of the ill effects claimed by today's drug warriors."
- Hugh Downs commentary on hemp, for ABC News, NY, 11/90

Cannabis Quote 7: Carl Sagan

October 18, 2007 by Cannabis Junction · Leave a Comment
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Carl Sagan"The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world."
- Carl Sagan

Cannabis Quote 6: Jimmy Carter

October 16, 2007 by Cannabis Junction · 1 Comment
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Jimmy Carter"Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marihuana in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marihuana."
- Jimmy Carter

Cannabis Quote 5: Louis Armstrong

October 14, 2007 by Cannabis Junction · Leave a Comment
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Louis Armstrong"It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics dope and all of that stuff. It is a thousand times better than whiskey. It is an assistant and a friend."
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